An Lrp-like protein of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus which binds to its own promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1474-1480

  Napoli, Alessandra ^a   Van Der Oost, John ^b   Sensen, Christoph W ^c   Charlebois, Robert L ^d   Rossi, Mosé ^a   Ciaramella, Maria ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0032985667     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1474-1480.1999     Document Type: Article

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